When I miss my family, it’s ______great comfort to have a ________ family to be with.

   A. a; substitute                                                    B. a; replace              

C. /; substitute                                                      D. /; replace

 

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

改正下面短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在答题卡该行右边横线上画一个勾（√），请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2.原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Sue,

    Well, I am here in the Beijing! I'm staying at a            1.          .

 very comfortable hotel the same like ours in Britain and        2.          .

enjoy Chinese food, though I miss my English break

fast.                                                            3.          .

It has been very kind and helpful for everyone to               4.          .

help me everywhere. Yesterday I visited the Summer            5.          .

Palace where the Emperors were used to go in the                     6.          .

summers. Today I'm off to see the Great Wall,it is one            7.          .

of the wonders m the world. In a word, all are very               8.          .

interesting, so I do wish you could go to visit China.              9.          .

Hope everyone home is well.                                             10.          .

                                          Dan

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I learned to play on a piano purchased at Grinnell Brothers in Detroit.My brothers and sisters were taking lessons and I  41  to play, too."You're  42  young,"I heard over and over.But when began playing my sister's   43  by heart from hearing her practice, they   44  me begin. I was four.  45   joy and comfort I found at those keys.If I had a rough day at school,I played ragtime hard and loud  46  my frustratio(挫折)was gone, then I calmed my self with Mozart until I was  47  to face the world. The day I lost my first child, and my dad was diagnosed with cancer,I played until I nearly  48  .There was a comfort in those keys.

That piano followed me everywhere.I taught hundreds of  49  and adults on the keys of my own piano in Taylor for over ten years. I  50  my home to a fire in 1998 and my piano was destroyed. I felt  51 I lost my oldest friend.

The insurance (保险) supplied the money to purchase  52  .My mother asked me every time she spoke to me, "Did you get another piano yet?" even when she struggled to call me by name. After she died in 1999, I  53  an envelope containing a gift certificate(礼券)to Hammell Music for a  54 .Mother made sure that I would get another piano, knowing I wouldn't do it  55   .

And so I purchased a Yamaha baby grand. Nearby hangs Mom and Dad's  56  . I play every day when I come home from work. I imagine my folks are in heaven,  57  and smiling. Every song is for them and the  58  goes on.

And although I miss my first piano, the new one is a(n)  59  that old things pass away and new life  60  .

41.A.planned B.allowed       C.begged D.dared

42.A.very       B.so C.not      D.too

43.A.lessons   B.piano   C.keys     D.text

44.A.permitted       B.promised     C.let       D.made

45.A.What a   B.What   C.How    D.How many

46.A.until       B.when   C.as soon as    D.after

47.A.likely     B.ready   C.discouraged D.afraid

48.A.dropped  B.went    C.came to       D.slept

49.A.people    B.students       C.boys    D.children

50.A.destroyed       B.left      C.lost      D.rebuilt

51.A.as though       B.even though C.even if D.though

52.A.the other B.another       C.a house       D.one

53.A.accepted B.gained  C.received      D.won

54.A.present   B.piano   C.house   D.sum of money

55.A.for myself     B.at all    C.any way      D.above all

56.A.bed B.clothing      C.portrait       D.name

57.A.crying    B.listening      C.singing D.playing

58.A.joy  B.piano   C.sadness D.friendship

59.A.book      B.reminder     C.equipment   D.instrument

60.A.disappears      B.remains       C.stops    D.begins

 

He met her at a party. She was outstanding while he was normal. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee. She was    36    but due to being polite, she    37   . Sitting in a nice coffee shop, he was too    38    to say anything.

Suddenly he asked the    39   , "Would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee." Everybody stared at him, so    40   ! His face turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him    41   , "Why you have this hobby?" He replied, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked the    42    of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee.    43    I have the salty coffee, I always    44    my childhood and my hometown. I miss my hometown and my parents."    45    saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. A man who can tell out his  homesickness  must  be  a  man  who  has    46    of home.

That was a really beautiful    47    of their story. Then the story was just like every beautiful  love  story — the  princess    48    the  prince. And  every  time  she  made    49    for him, she put some salt in it, as she knew that's the    50    he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away,    51    her a letter which said, "My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life's lie — the salty coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time,    52    I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me  to      53    so I just went ahead. If I can live for the second time, I still want to have you for my whole life,    54    I have to drink the salty coffee again."

Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her, "What's  the  taste  of    55    coffee? " She replied, " It's sweet."

1. A. surprised         B. pleased          C. satisfied            D. excited   

2.A. answered           B. promised         C. provided         D. refused   

3. A. curious               B. jealous              C. nervous          D. cautious  

4.A. waiter             B. girl             C. partner              D. customer  

5.A. outstanding            B. bitter               C. delicious            D. strange   

6.A. constantly         B. curiously            C. suddenly         D. seriously   

7.A. color              B. character            C. quality              D. taste   

8.A. Every time         B. Next time            C. The first time       D. By the time  

9.A. think out          B. think over           C. think of         D. think up   

10. A. Since                B. Though           C. While                D. Because   

11.A. responsibility        B. concept          C. consideration        D. control   

12.A. scene             B. beginning            C. comedy           D. result   

13.A. dated             B. admired          C. devoted          D. married  

14.A. tea                   B. water                C. coffee               D. milk   

15.A. way               B. method           C. means                D. route   

16.A. left                  B. leaving          C. writing          D. wrote  

17.A. fortunately           B. actually         C. happily          D. possibly  

18.A. change                B. remind               C. overcome         D. remove  

19.A. as though         B. now that         C. even though      D. so that   

20.A. sugared               B. old              C. instant              D. salty

 

It doesn’t matter to me____ I miss my train, because there’s another one later.

         A．that B．if         C．unless         D. when